| 217;s no secret that yoga increases flexibility. With | | | | will see that you will soon be doing the difficult poses |
| practice, you will notice that you can bend and stretch | | | | with ease. If you have avoided exercise but would like |
| your body in ways you never have before. Yoga | | | | to be flexible, it is never too late to begin. Yoga |
| teachers say that an individual’s age can be | | | | enthusiasts believe that they get into the holistic |
| identified with the flexibility of the spine, and not through | | | | experience to refresh the mind, body and spirit. |
| number of years. Yoga helps you in preventing | | | | Recent studies reveal that older people who started |
| body’s degeneration. The years have put a | | | | practicing yoga poses have slowed their aging |
| strain in your bones with the wrong diet, abuse with | | | | process and felt better than they ever have. Yoga |
| work, and wrong posture. | | | | aims to unite and balance your body’s different |
| If you’ve gone through these active years | | | | components. It is an integrated system for the benefit |
| without regular exercise, then your body will ultimately | | | | of the body, mind, and spirit. |
| collapse. Like a machine, it needs proper care and | | | | If you are really serious about getting into yoga to slow |
| maintenance. The best way to care for your body and | | | | down aging, look into the practice of asanas. The said |
| bones is through yoga. This exercise has proven to | | | | practice involves breathing exercises and meditation to |
| dramatically increase your health if you do it regularly. | | | | remove digestive disorders, varicose veins, chronic |
| There are poses you can do as you age. These are | | | | weaknesses, and other conditions that come when |
| great in preserving your age and maintaining your body | | | | you age. |
| because it slows down the aging process by: providing | | | | Regular yoga practice also helps in weight |
| suppleness to your abdominal muscles, flexibility to | | | | management by making you more aware of your |
| your spine, eliminating tensions, firming up your skin, | | | | body. You will be trained to respond to your |
| improving your posture, and removing your double chin. | | | | body’s call and get you attuned to your mind. |
| First and foremost, keeping your spine healthy is | | | | There are books and websites that talk about your |
| ultimately important, especially if you lead an active life. | | | | ability to enhance your body and to start on a new |
| The stretching and breathing exercises involved in | | | | healthy lifestyle. With the help of yoga, you will naturally |
| yoga help increase agility and flexibility. There are no | | | | live longer because you are able to influence all the |
| age requirements in yoga. Whether you’re a | | | | significant determinants of a long life: brain, glands, spine |
| strapping youngster or a meek senior, you can get into | | | | and internal organs. As you grow older, your body will |
| the routine and enjoy the benefits. | | | | need to take in more oxygen. Each and every cell in |
| The secret is to start slowly after consulting with your | | | | your system will be affected due to lack of oxygen. |
| physician. The warm up exercises that go with it is just | | | | Yoga feeds all those cells that are greatly looking for |
| as important because it prepares your muscles before | | | | the oxygen they need. Reinforce your back, stretch |
| it stretches and pushes itself. The moment you feel | | | | out your lung capacity, and make yoga a part of your |
| discomfort, stop and rest. With time and patience you | | | | routine. |